John Fisher, Jr., deceased, was one of the old settlers of Stephenson County, and his name is held in kindly remembrance by scores of citizens there. He was born in Union County, Pa., where he lived until the fall of 1840, when he came westward to Stephenson County, and settled in Rock Grove Township. He was an old-fashioned farmer, pursuing that vocation until the day of his death, which took place in Rock Grove Township, in February, 1849.
Although his pioneer life in the West comprises a period of only nine years, Mr. F. left an example of rugged independence to his associates and to those who have come after him. He married Miss Mary Wilt in Union County, Pa., by whom he had eleven children, as follows: Samuel, Catharine, Peter D., George, John, Eliza, Mary, Sarah, Lewis, Charles and Angelina. Lewis, John and Angelina are the only surviving children of the family; Lewis is engaged in the coal business in Philadelphia, Pa.; John is a cattle man in Arizona; Angelina is the widow of Dr. L. A. Mease, and resides in Freeport. This brief sketch is placed here as a tribute to the sterling worth and virtues of a man who lived without ostentation, and dying, was sincerely mourned by all who knew him.
Contributed by Karen Hammer
Portrait and Biographical Album of Stephenson County, Illinois Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1888 p. 702
